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Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY CHAMBERS, OF MQORESTOW'N, NEWV JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,468, dated November 25, 1890. Application filed July 10, 1890. Serial No. 358,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY CHAMBERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Moorestown, Burlington county, New Jersey, have invented an Improved Game or Toy, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an attractive toy of that class in which a box or receptacle to be held in and manipulated by the hand is provided with balls or pellets to be directed into an inclosure within said box or receptacle or into certain special positions therein. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

The toy consists of a box or receptacle A, which in the present instance is of rectangular form and is provided with a glass top or cover a, although the shape of the box may be varied, as desired, and the top or cover may be dispensed with in some cases. \Vithin the box or receptacle A is a circular rim or inclosure B, in which is an opening I), and within this inclosure are a series of pockets or pouches D, these pockets being nine in number and occupyinga relation to each other similar to that of the players of 'a base-ball nine when the latter are in the field.

At a point corresponding to the home-plate of the base-ball field there is a depression 01 in the bottom of the box A, and at one side of this depression is a post f, having a projecting arm f, so as to represent the batter.

The box A contains nine balls or pellets w and one pellet y somewhat larger in size than the pellets w and considerablyless in specific gravity, and in using the toy the small pellets are at the outset collected in the box outside of the limits of the rim or inclosure B, the object being to so manipulate the box that the pellets will be caused to enter the inclosure through the opening I) and become lodged in the pockets or pouches D within the same. In order to effect this, the pellet y must be lodged in the depression d in the bottom of the box and caused to remain therein while the pellets a: are being directed into the pockets D. Otherwise these small pellets will have a tendency to roll into the depression d, and thus require such an agitation of the box in order to dislodge them as to dislodge such of the other pellets as may have previously been directed into the pockets D.

By making the pellet y of less specific gravity than the pellets 0c the difficulty in properly lodging said small pellets in the pockets is increased, as anysudden or violent movement of the box will dislodge said pellet y from the depression d, into which it will be difficult to return the same without dislodging the smaller pellets from the pockets, as the small pellets Will have a tendency to run in advance of the large pellet and enter the depression d before said large pellet can gain access thereto.

In order to still further increase the difficulty in properly lodging the pellets 0c in the pockets D, the pockets may be marked so as to indicate the respective players of the nine represented thereby, and the pellets 0c may be likewise marked, so that each pellet will have to be directed to a special pocket; and, it desired, there may be ten of the small pellets instead 'ofnine, and after the nine pellets have been properly lodged in their respective pockets the pellet y may be dislodged from the depression cl and the tenth pellet 00 caused to enter the same; or the pellets 00, instead of being round, may be fiat, and may be caused to slide into position on spots or tablets which replace the pockets D, and occupy the same relation as said pockets on the base A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The within -described game or toy, in which a box or receptacle having a series of pockets or pouches and a depression in the bottom of the box are combined with a series of pellets, one of which is of less specific gravity than the others, substantially as specified.

2. The within-described game or toy, in which a box or receptacle having an inclosure with opening therein, a series of pockets or pouches within said inclosure, and a depression in the bottom of the box are combined with a series of pellets, one of which differs in size or specific gravity from the others, substantially as specified.

3. The within-described game or toy, in'

which a box or receptacle adapted to be held IOO in and manipulated by the hand andhaving In testimony whereof I have signed my a series of pockets 0r stat-ions to indicate the name to this specification in the presence of various positions in a base-ball fieldare comtwo subscribing witnesses.

bined with a series of pellets representing HARRY CHAMBERS. 5 the players of a base-ball nine and a supple- Witnesses:

mental-y pellet of ditferent specific gravity, SAMUEL E. CHAMBERS,

substantially as specified. LEVI C. ASHMORE. 

